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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS, VICTORIA

As at 30 June 2006, the preliminary Estimated Indigenous Resident Population (ERP) in Victoria was 30,839 (less than 1% of all people in Victoria).

Some key characteristics of the Indigenous population in Victoria, based on 2006 Census usual residence data, are listed below.

More than half (56%) of Indigenous respondents were under 25 years of age.

On average there were 3.0 people per Indigenous household.

An Australian Indigenous language was spoken at home by 1% of Indigenous respondents.

27% and 26% of respondents aged 15 years and over stated Year 10 and Year 12 or equivalent respectively as their highest level of schooling.

57% of Indigenous respondents aged 15 years and over were in the labour force. Of these respondents, unemployed persons accounted for 16%.

The most common Occupations reported were Labourers , Technicians and Trade Workers, and Professionals (15%, 14% and 14% respectively).

The most common Industries of employment reported were Health Care and Social Assistance (15%), Manufacturing (11%), and Retail Trade (9%).

54% of Indigenous households were living in rented dwellings and 40% of households were living in dwellings that were owned with or without a mortgage.

Summary Characteristics, Victoria

Indigenous

Non-Indigenous

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

Persons(a)

Estimated Resident Population(b)

15 253

15 586

30 839

2 522 544

2 574 927

5 097 471

Language spoken at home

English only

13 296

14 225

27 521

. .

. .

. .

Australian Indigenous Languages

131

154

285

. .

. .

. .

Other Languages

510

420

930

. .

. .

. .

Total(c)

13 937

14 799

28 736

. .

. .

. .

Education

Attending

Pre-school

398

365

763

39 387

36 593

75 980

Infants/Primary

2 308

2 320

4 628

199 725

189 172

388 897

Secondary

1 411

1 478

2 889

162 872

162 473

325 345

Technical or Further Educational Institution(d)

411

486

897

51 049

49 094

100 143

University

230

413

643

86 812

109 936

196 748

Other(e)

496

631

1 127

39 575

48 124

87 699

Total(c)

5 254

5 693

10 947

579 420

595 392

1 174 812

Highest year of school completed(f)

Year 12 or equivalent

1 883

2 456

4 339

820 067

912 037

1 732 105

Year 11 or equivalent

1 279

1 460

2 737

268 662

272 053

540 719

Year 10 or equivalent

2 220

2 308

4 527

317 150

301 804

618 953

Year 9 or equivalent

1 272

1 335

2 610

143 573

137 795

281 369

Year 8 or below

1 102

1 061

2 160

148 407

176 558

324 971

Did not go to school

191

136

327

17 590

24 618

42 205

Total(c)

7 948

8 750

16 701

1 715 453

1 824 863

3 540 323

Highest non-school qualification(f)

Postgraduate Degree

70

72

142

61 491

45 891

107 382

Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate

48

75

123

26 752

46 857

73 609

Bachelor Degree

323

496

819

223 978

274 782

498 760

Advanced Diploma and Diploma

334

514

848

124 424

162 084

286 508

Certificate Level

1 692

1 277

2 969

408 874

192 505

601 379

Total(c)

2 467

2 434

4 901

845 519

722 119

1 567 638

Work

Labour force status

Employed

4 610

3 946

8 555

1 209 740

1 036 470

2 246 204

Unemployed

848

748

1 600

67 867

59 056

126 923

Total labour force

5 457

4 693

10 156

1 277 603

1 095 526

2 373 125

Not in the labour force

3 121

4 593

7 708

500 879

796 427

1 297 309

Top three industries for Indigenous persons(g)

Health Care and Social Assistance

302

945

1 247

. .

. .

. .

Manufacturing

746

235

981

. .

. .

. .

Retail Trade

295

450

745

. .

. .

. .

Top three industries for non-Indigenous persons(g)

Manufacturing

. .

. .

. .

205 298

77 856

283 154

Retail Trade

. .

. .

. .

112 692

147 730

260 422

Health Care and Social Assistance

. .

. .

. .

47 739

185 745

233 484

Top three occupations for Indigenous persons(g)

Labourers

828

464

1 292

. .

. .

. .

Technicians and Trades Workers

1 047

192

1 239

. .

. .

. .

Professionals

515

704

1 219

. .

. .

. .

Top three occupations for non-Indigenous persons(g)

Professionals

. .

. .

. .

220 604

248 015

468 619

Clerical and Administrative Workers

. .

. .

. .

81 590

252 578

334 168

Technicians and Trades Workers

. .

. .

. .

267 671

47 081

314 752

Mean weekly equivalised household income ($)(h)

. .

. .

498

. .

. .

726

Dwellings

Occupied private dwelling(i)

. .

. .

14 142

. .

. .

1 767 512

Average household size

. .

. .

3.0

. .

. .

2.6

Average number of Children under 15

. .

. .

0.9

. .

. .

0.5

Housing tenure

Owned outright

. .

. .

1 876

. .

. .

642 235

Owned with a mortgage

. .

. .

3 791

. .

. .

628 544

Rented

Private

. .

. .

4 072

. .

. .

345 783

State/Territory housing authority

. .

. .

2 770

. .

. .

51 755

Community housing group

. .

. .

346

. .

. .

7 118

Other

-

-

270

-

-

14 237

Landlord type not stated

. .

. .

160

. .

. .

12 518

Total Rented

. .

. .

7 618

. .

. .

431 411

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

(a) Based on place of usual residence.

(b) Estimates at 30 June 2006 are preliminary and subject to revision. See Glossary. Note: Final estimates have now been released and are available in publication 3238.0.55.001 - Experimental Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Jun 2006.

(c) Excludes persons whose response was not stated.

(d) Includes TAFE Colleges.

(e) Other includes persons who are attending but did not indicate the type of institution.

(f) Persons aged 15 years and over.

(g) Employed persons aged 15 years and over.

(h) Comprises persons in households in which there were no temporarily absent adults and all incomes were fully stated.

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